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BBC Resources designer Mark Shirra designed and directed the titles and stings for a Top of the Pops special as part of BBC Music Live. Live action performance was combined with
BBC Resources designer Mark Shirra designed and directed the titles and stings for a Top of the Pops special as part of BBC Music Live. Live action performance was combined with
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C4 report reveals rise in new output
Channel 4's original programming budgets rose by£25.6 million last year, with the station broadcasting 5,280 hours of new output against 4,957 hours in 1998, according to its 1999 Annual Report.Overall,
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i2i wins at Discovery
Discovery Networks Europe has commissioned four new series across three channels, including two 15 x 30-minute series for Discovery Home & Leisure, writes Simon Ellery.
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BBC's Ward nets Image Wizard role
Former BBC events executive editor Mike Ward has joined London-based indie Image Wizard TV as head of special projects, writes Tara Conlan.
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LAMBIE NAIRN SCOOPS YELLOW PENCIL FOR BBC IDENTS
Lambie Nairn has landed a silver award in the corporate and brand identity category of the 2000 British Design & Art Direction (BD&A) Awards. The gong for large identity schemes recognises
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BLACK DIAMOND FILMS LAUNCHES COVENT GARDEN WING
Extreme sports specialist Black Diamond Films is to launch a complete pre- through post-production wing at its Covent Garden Piazza base on Friday (26 May). Complementing the action marketing, stock footage
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ROTOGRAPHY RACES AHEAD WITH IMOVE CD PROJECT
Rotography, the provider of immersive media based in London and Halifax, used a Ferrari 355, Silverstone race track and a specialist camera for its most recent CD project (left). The iMove
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DB BROADCAST WINS PARLIAMENTARY OFFICES CONTRACT
dB Broadcast has won the contract to design and build the serial digital broadcast television facilities in Portcullis House, the new parliamentary offices currently under construction above Westminster tube station. The
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CHANNEL FOUR KICKS OFF FIRST INTERACTIVE TV SERVICE
The first interactive television listings service on Channel 4 went to air last week, showing programme details for C4 and FilmFour for two days of the programme schedule on digital terrestrial
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DOTTV MAIN SPONSOR OF 2000 PROMAX AND BDA EVENT
dotTV, the worldwide registrar and registry of the .TV top-level domain, will be the principal sponsor during the 2000 Promax and BDA conference and exhibition in New Orleans next month. The
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Music Live taxes OB skills
BBC Music Live 2000 will be the most technically challenging live TV event the country has seen, writes Barbara Marshall.
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Dyke's Resources review extended
The results of BBC director general Greg Dyke's review of BBC Resources have been put-back by two months.Sources said the review, which is expected to identify millions of pounds of savings,
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BFV unveils completed HD edit suite
Bristol-based Broadcast Film & Video (BFV) completed its new high-definition (HD) edit suite last Friday (19 May), writes Barbara Marshall.
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US networks urged to address PVR threat
The US Networks need to wake up to the implications of personal video recorders (PVRs) and other developments in consumer technology, according to TV Anytime Forum chairman Simon Parnall, writes Nick Radlo.
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EURO PLAYERS CALL FOR JOINT DIGITAL RADIO PROMOTION
European broadcasters and electronics manufacturers have called for joint action to promote digital audio broadcasting (DAB). The call follows a meeting between the European Broadcasting Union and Swedish Radio in Stockholm
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BRASS BECOMES GLOBAL PEARSON COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR
Pearson Television Worldwide chief executive Tony Cohen has appointed Martha Brass as the company's new commercial director. She will be responsible for the commercial development of Pearson production companies around the
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OZ BODY SBS SCOOPS BANFF GLOBAL ACHIEVEMENT PRIZE
Australian public service broadcaster SBS will receive the Global Outstanding Achievement Award at Canada's Banff Television Festival in June. The festival will also feature a Salute to Germany, focusing on the
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FINANCIAL MARKET TURMOIL PUTS END TO SBS/UPC DEAL
Amsterdam-based United Pan-European Communications and its partner Luxembourg-based SBS Broadcasting have agreed to end the exchange offer agreement they had planned since March, blaming financial market turmoil. UPC continues to be
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POWELL TO HEAD BBC GERMAN-SPEAKING OPERATIONS
BBC Worldwide has appointed Catherine Powell to the new post of business development manager for German-speaking territories. Powell will be based in Berlin and oversee the adaptation of the BBC's catalogue
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ROSE BAY SELLS GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ FORMATS
Indie Rose Bay has sold its new general knowledge quiz format The Inquisition to Denmarks Radio, which is to turn it into a 10 x 30-minute peaktime series. Another Rose Bay